Tufts... paying for procedures??

[lbennett]

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I'm about to send in my deposit to tufts but I was wondering about paying for patients' procedures. Does it happen often that you end up fiscally responsible for their treatments?? Also, are the clinical requirements at Tufts difficult to fulfill? please let me know... pm or on here. Thanks!!

 

[toofache32]

I didn't go to Tufts, but I bought my last 2 crowns to graduate. It was a win-win situation...the patient gets the needed treatment and I got to graduate. I'll pay for 2 crowns any day if it keeps me from paying for a 5th year of tuition (which happens to ~5-10% of every graduating class at my school).

 

[lbennett]

is this standard at a lot of schools? where do you go, if you don't mind? maybe my other options do this, too.

 

[45540]

It's pretty standard. Plenty of times the treatment plan that the student picks out isn't fiscally possible for the patient but it's a procedure that you need to get done to graduate. So you just take a loss and graduate on time.